Supply Chain Management Process Standards is the first comprehensive reference guide containing general guidelines to help you selfassess your current processes. You’ll use these tools to identify process strengths and weaknesses…and be able to focus your attention on areas where improvement efforts will drive the most benefit.Topics include: Deliver, Enable, Make, Plan, Return, SourceSoft cover. CODE-RSCH

The "Make" book contains dozens of suggested minimum process standards, as well as typical best-practice processes in these critical areas:·Product Engineering·Partnership and Collaboration·Product or Service Customization·Manufacturing Process·Lean Manufacturing·Make Infrastructure·Support ProcessesSoft cover. CODE-RSCH

CSCMP’s essential research book, Communicating the Value of Supply Chain Management to Your CEO will help professionals educate C-level executives (CXOs) about the important role that logistics and supply chain mangement excellence play in overall operations. Help your CXOs better understand the individuals who map the strategic direction of your organization, and determine how resources will be expended, and why supply chain management is critical to your company's success.... Details

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals is dedicated to developing, advancing, and disseminating supply chain knowledge. During our research for the CSCMP Supply Chain Process Standards it became apparent that there was a lack of free and accurate cross-industry benchmarking data available to supply chain practitioners. CSCMP, in an attempt to fill this gap, is making available the suggested minimum process benchmarking data excerpted from the popular CSCMP Supply Chain... Details

At a time when SCM is gaining stature within the organization, many organizations face a critical supply chain talent void due to years of headcount reduction, training budget cuts, and the retirement of highly skilled individuals. Supply chain leaders must address this talent gap by assembling a team of talented professionals with skills that are core to the organization’s SCM mission. This can be achieved through the ongoing strategic talent acquisition process discussed in this... Details

Designing the "Right" Supply Chain Management Organizational Structure defines and describes important aspects of organizational design decisions, and compares the strengths and weaknesses of specific organizational reporting structures. As part of this comparison, organizational design decisions are also examined through an analysis of data collected from a survey of 292 firms. Further, the research examines financial performance associated with different structural... Details

Effective hiring is step one in the creation of a strong SCM team. Next, talented individuals must be quickly acclimated, continuously trained, and properly deployed to meet the supply chain requirements of the organization. Hence, supply chain leaders must immerse new hires in the organization’s culture and provide current team members with opportunities to expand their capabilities. This can be achieved through the strategic talent development process detailed in this publication:... Details

Although supply chain management has evolved over the past several decades, it faces perhaps its greatest evolution in the coming years as firms continue to address the challenges and opportunities of globalization in an ever-changing and highly-competitive marketplace. As firms begin to better recognize the potential for supply chain management’s contribution to overall competitive advantage, supply chain management has gained more prominence at the corporate table. This research... Details

Since 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has been providing networking, career development, and educational opportunities to the logistics and supply chain management community.